Subject Area: Social Work

In this course, you will explore trauma and mental health issues and their intersections from biological, psychological and social perspectives. You will develop the skills to identify and respond to the mental health and trauma experiences of social work clients. We will discuss contemporary approaches to both mental health problems and trauma while encouraging a critical analysis of the approaches covered. You will develop abilities in responding to mental health and trauma issues across a range of intervention methods and contexts. As such, emphasis is given not only to those practice approaches that respond to individuals including biological and psychological therapies, group work and family therapy, but also approaches that engage communities and social networks in responding to trauma and mental health issues.